Member Since: 4/1/2006
Band Website: jimmyvalentine.biz
Band Members:
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Influences: jimmy Valentine is from Chicago..you can really hear the influence of the city in his guitar playing...
***jimmy Valentine got his first music lesson at the age of seven years old from rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis...
***when jimmy valentine was 13 years old he got a couple intense music theory lessons from jazz legend Maynord Fergeson...
***jimmy Valentine studied music with legendary chicago saxaphonist Ivan Lasso for 15 years...
***jimmy was lucky to have grown up in studios and theaters in chicago, where he got to learn music from many legendary and world class artists...
***jimmy Valentine records his music spot on live first take...improvised from beginning to end his songs do not exist before he records them...
***since 2006 jimmy Valentine has recorded 3 full length cd's and 5 ep's for the virtually unknown Strange Measure Music...***
in 2007 jimmy Valentine played the world famous Rainbow bar and grill in hollywood 2 times!!!
***jimmy Valentine was hired as musical director and guitar player by the legendary Sky Saxon of the SEEDS to headline the GOODSTOCK 2007 music festival...Sky also produced the Tales from the Woods and Lair of the Hollywood Vampire cd's with Jimmy
***three time olympic gold medalist Aaron Piersol used the song "brenda" by jimmy Valentine for his new dvd....
***in his 20's jimmy Valentine played 3 years with the Wolfpack guitar ensamble, a guitar orchestra,out of over 200 players at the auditions for 18 seats for all 3 years jimmy Valentine earned 1st chair status...***
jimmy Valentine recently placed 1 in the midwest region in the ourstage.com music contest with the "sing a happy song" a song he wrote for his son...***
jimmy Valentine also produces for a mysterious artist called YOGASVAR...
Record Label: Strange Measure Music
Type of Label: Indie